actress Rita prays I'm disconnecting from the internet with her. 2024 Met GalaA beaded dress from the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. However, not everyone was a fan of her wardrobe choices, with some claiming she looked like she had just walked “out of the swamp.”
Considered fashion's biggest night, the Met Gala is an annual fundraiser benefiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City. Every year the Met Gala has a different theme that celebrities are expected to follow.
This year's theme is 'Sleeping Beauty: Reawakening Fashion' and the dress code is 'Garden of Time'. Many celebrities such as Zendaya and Jennifer LopezRita Ora, who's been getting compliments for her custom-made gowns, is breaking the internet for a different reason.
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Rita Ora broke the internet with her 2024 Met Gala wardrobe choice.
After Rita Ora appeared at the 2024 Met Gala, fans couldn't help but question her dress choice. “Why does Rita Ora look like she just emerged from the swamp?” one user asked.
The actress told Extra while wearing a Tom Ford gown featuring a mesh bodysuit. [beads] “In fact, they are carefully selected from across North Africa and Europe, and have embodies this timeless beauty over the centuries.”
“What’s really unique is that it’s really cool to play with nature and time and understand what beauty means to everyone. I’m really excited to see how everyone interprets it.”
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Rita Ora's dress features 'hand-picked' beads.
Rita Ora says she wears beads that “date back to the 1st and 2nd centuries BC.” She then points out that this means the beads are “older than anyone on this planet, in my opinion.” pic.twitter.com/97QUWyvA0N
— Vulture (@vulture) May 6, 2024
Comments continued to pour in, with one user saying, “It looks like Rita Ora went to Party City to eat this.”
“I don’t know what to say to Rita Ora,” a third person said.
But another loved the “one-of-a-kind” dress, saying “Rita Ora in Marni is wearing a dress made from 1st-2nd century BC beads collected from Europe and North Africa.” Went back in time to collect materials. , It’s a unique dress.”
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Rita Ora's dress is all about 'body beauty'
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Rita Ora said the dress was “about the beauty of the body and being and being a woman.”
“These beads date from the first or second century BC, so this is really about beauty that stands the test of time,” she said of the dress.
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Who is Rita Ora's inspiration?
“Cher, Madonna, Diana Ross and Gwen Stefani have all been huge inspirations in my life,” the actress told Fashion Week Daily in 2021.
“They are all powerful women with unique perspectives on fashion. Kate Moss is another style icon of mine. She is the epitome of British fashion,” she added. “Madonna’s entire being! “That person is a really bad person.”
She continued, “When I was young, I loved making my own clothes, and I would search flea markets to find clothes that fit. That's probably my first fashion memory.”
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Other notable fashion announcements from the 2024 Met Gala
Met Gala co-chair Jennifer Lopez took center stage at this year's event. She wore a dress that took over 800 hours of handwork to make. Plus 2,500,000 silver foil bugles and beads made her glow the moment she stepped onto her “red” carpet.
Kendall Jenner has been spotted wearing a Givenchy by Alexander McQueen dress since 1999, claiming she is the first human to wear it. “I couldn't do the cut…but it fit perfectly,” she told Vogue. “It was meant to be.”
'Wicked' star Ariana Grande drops jaws at the 2024 Met Gala in a custom Loewe gown featuring a “pearl bodice and luxe pleated skirt,” according to Byrdie It happened. Plus, Dove Cameron kept her theme going as she stepped out in a pink and nude floral gown.
Read more 2024 Met Gala fashion descriptions here.